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Lytta vulnerata
Species
Lytta vulnerata
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Tenebrionoidea
Family
Meloidae (Blister Beetles)
Subfamily
Meloinae
Genus
Lytta
No Taxon
(Subgenus Paralytta)
No Taxon
(Magister Group)
Species
vulnerata
(Lytta vulnerata)
Explanation of Names
Lytta vulnerata
(LeConte 1851)
Size
9‒27 mm
(
1
)
Range
w. NA (BC‒ID to Baja)
(
1
)
Season
Apr‒Dec
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Bionomics, systematics and phylogeny of Lytta, a genus of blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae).
Selander, R.B. 1960. Illinois Biological Monographs, No. 28, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 10 September, 2007 - 5:14pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 12:55pm